March 17-18, 2011
Yesterday was really fun; we went to a bilingual school to observe for Ashley's research, and we have never seen fourth graders that excited to learn math. At least four kids waved their hands wildly whenever the teacher asked for someone to come up and solve a problem on the board. Some students were so excited they were half standing up out of their chairs, slumping back down when someone else got called on. Every student was engaged and happy, and a teacher's assistant made sure that students who were struggling got the help they needed. The principal of the school was helpful and gracious to answer any questions we had. Ashley and I decided that teaching there is a possible career path for both of us.
In the afternoon, we went to an underground cave in Santo Domingo. It was beautiful; we rode a little ferry across one of the underground lagoons and walked around for awhile and took a million pictures. After that we hit up the local McDonald's to complete our visit. Later we made dinner and hung out with Hernรกn while Juan and Miriam went to a meeting at church.
Today we spent our final day at Boca Chica ("Little Mouth") beach. We're both super sunburned now and our bags are packed for the 2am plane ride. It's so hard to say goodbye to the people and places here.
But anyway, see you back in the states! Thank you for your prayers and for reading the blog!
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